(Vishvarupa of Vishnu as the Cosmic Man with the three realms: heaven - Satya to Bhuvar loka (head to belly), earth - Bhu loka (groin), underworld - Atala to Patala loka (legs).)
The Puranas speak of fourteen Lokas. People have adopted the superficial meaning of the names given to these and they classify them ‘sacred’ lokas and ‘Condemned’ lokas. Deva Lokas and Patala Lokas. But, all these lokas do exist in our own bodies (the bodies which we carry about and care for), seven in the upper part and seven in the lower part. Which is the upper part of the human body? It is the head, the Trikuta Peak, the Crown, the Higher Region. Seven lokas are situated therein. They are the Garuda Loka, the Gandharva Loka, the Yaksha Loka, the Kinnara Loka and the Kimpurusha Loka. They are all situated in the in the head. The Garuda Loka is the Nose, the seat of inhalation and exhalation. The Gandharva Loka is the Eye. The Yaksha Loka is the tongue. Kinnara Loka is the Ear and the Kimpurusha is the skin, the seat of the Sense of Touch. Though names of the Lokas are five, there are seven regions to which the name applies. The Nose is the first, the eyes are the second and the third, the tongue the fourth, the ears are the fifth and sixth and the skin is the seventh. Those who sanctify these lokas by recognising the respective organs as instruments for higher ideals can be deemed worthy of human existence. That is to say, inhaling unpolluted air, seeing auspicious sights, hearing heartening sounds etc. These Lokas when properly cultivated can make man divine. The rest of the Lokas are intended for the maintenance of the physical frame in which we are enclosed. The stomach is the petrol tank, so as to say, when that is filled, every limb and cell of the body is supplied with energy and activated to execute the beneficial duties assigned to each. With the two hands, and the two legs these make five lokas. The two others are the anus and the urinary parts. These seven nether Lokas maintain the physical body.
Both the higher seven and the lower seven are necessary, they complement each other. The lower lokas are the Patala Lokas according to the Puranas. They form the foundation, the base. Those who long for flowers and fruits have to feed the unseen roots. Patala too should not be neglected merely because they are described as ‘low’. Joy has to be churned from grief. Pleasure is a product of pain. (SSS Vol.11, pp. 262-263)
People may think there is a journey over a distance to realm of Indra, the Moon and the Sun. All such changes are within person. If a person develops his life so that he has great physical force or strength, he is said to have entered his life in the Indra Loka. If he has developed his mind to such an extent that it is beyond the comprehension of an ordinary person, his life is said to be in the Moon Loka. And, if a man had developed in intelligence to the maximum extent, his life is said to be in the Sun Loka. (MBI, p. 187)
When you do not look to God then surely you will not be able to see God. (DBG, p. 209)